Bunny Williams' Point of View: Three Decades of Decorating Elegant and Comfortable Houses | 
 enlarge | Author: Bunny Williams
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori and Chang
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 13.2 x 10.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 1584796243
Dewey Decimal Number: 747
EAN: 9781584796244
ASIN: 1584796243
Publication Date: October 31, 2007
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Product Description
An Affair with a House continues to be a top seller for STC, with more than 45,000 copies in print
Shows readers how to realize their own taste and design preferences
You learn from people with great taste, says Bunny Williams. She should know. As a novice, Williams worked for legendary decorators Sister Parish and Albert Hadley, absorbing everything she could of their peerless design sense. Striking out on her own, she rose to the top rank of the interior design profession, where she has stylishly remained for the last 30 years. Now, its our turn to learn from her.
Part memoir and part how-to manual, Bunny Williams Point of View showcases many of the drop-dead chic but always cozily comfortable residences whose interiors Williams has designed during her astounding career. As Williams tells it, every design decision she makes is based on a bedrock principle: Knowing what you value is essential. Her conviction that every persons home should manifest their personality guides her as she creates environments that fit each client precisely, like a couture suit.
By showing you how to plan and then accomplish that plan for each room of your house, Williams inspires you to take account of your own valuesand to realize your personal vision of how you want to live. As she says about the book: My point of view will help you discover yours.
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 The Divine is in the Details October 25, 2008
In viewing interior design books, I long ago made a concerted effort not to be intimidated by perceived grandness nor deceived by photo-enhanced perfection.
If one chooses to take from it, the genius of Ms. Williams is in the fine points. One need only to breakdown the rooms, the photos, and see the details: relationship of objects; color balance; vignettes; personal touches, etc. Whether it is a set table or the marriage of fine sculpture to simple souvenirs, the secret is in the tiny tales told.
For the discerning eye, for the discriminating, for the secure, and the critical reader, this is a feast for the eye and the mind.
Review of Bunny Williams' Point of View October 24, 2008
I love this book! I read every word and also enjoyed the photos so much. It is an excellent source of ideas and inspiration. I think it would be a great addition to anyone's library who is interested in design.
Excellent choice for designers and homeowners October 19, 2008
I loved this book. Straight to the point, friendly writing style, great pictures, amazing ideas for real houses.
bunny williams review August 11, 2008
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I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THIS BOOK I ORDERED ONE FOR A FRIEND WHO IS AN AUSTRALIAN DESIGNER.SHE IS OVERJOYED WITH IT AND STATES THAT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE PAGE THAT SHE DIDNT FIND FASCINATING AND I CAN ASSURE YOU SHE IS A VERY DISCERNING PERSON SO FOR THAT SORT OF ACCOLADE THE HIGH STANDARD OF THIS BOOK IS VERIFIED
 Very disappointed! August 9, 2008
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Once I knew that Bunny Willams would be coming out with this book, I had no doubt that I would buy it. I proudly own and display both of her other books and find myself looking through each of them again and again. I happened to be in the library and noticed Point Of View there, so I decided to check it out before ordering from Amazon. It was sheer luck that I was able to look through and read this book before purchasing it! I so wanted to like this book but it was very disappointing to me. There is nothing, and I mean nothing practical in any of the pages of this book. I love to shop and feel that I have a beautiful and well loved home, but the houses in this book were beyond inspirational. It smacked of affluence at it's most over the top and displayed excessive consumtion of any object to fill every single table, space, etc. I found the rooms to be over-decorated even knowing and appreciating Ms. Williams style. I didn't see room on any of the tables to even put a cup of coffee! The rooms lacked any editing and there was much too much everywhere! The houses appeared to be enormous by any standard and crammed full of "stuff". Who could possibly be inspired to create several seating areas in one room to seat 8 people in each grouping. Come on! Way too much money sometimes equals absolutely no restraint.
What I did like was the writing. I also enjoyed the rooms which showed a television in them because so often these remain hidden. The reality is that everyone watches some TV. An Affair with a House was hard to top, I'll say that as well. Bunny and John's style seemed more personal there and the adorable pups in all the pictures were heart warming.
I wanted to like this book, darn it. But I didn't. Please look before purchasing. Sorry.
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